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Gustaf Nilsson, a spokesperson for Sweden's ICA Group
supermarket chain, told the TT news agency that “a limited
number” of stores were affected overnight by an incident that
affected refrigeration and freezing systems. He declined to give
a specific number.
An ICA Kvantum store in Sjöbo, southern Sweden, said its fridges
and freezers had been hacked and set to 50 degrees Celsius (122
degrees Fahrenheit). In a Facebook post, it said staff were
discarding affected products.
The Coop chain said that six of its stores in central Sweden had
problems with their fridges and freezers, TT reported, though it
didn't immediately have details.
The Delhaize chain said that an “IT incident” had affected
refrigeration systems in several dozen of its stores, mostly in
Belgium but also a few in neighboring Luxembourg.
“In the affected stores, the range of fresh and frozen products
is temporarily somewhat limited. Our distribution centers are
operating normally, and there has been no disruption to
deliveries to our stores,” spokesperson Sarah De Meester said.
Carrefour said a cyberattack targeting refrigeration systems had
affected 15 of its more than 700 stores in Belgium, describing
the impact as “extremely limited.”
In Estonia, a refrigeration technology company said attackers
had accessed a computer controlling a client’s refrigeration
system and raised the temperature to 50 degrees Celsius, public
broadcaster ERR reported.
Jann Mutso, chief executive of Kitman Coldtech, declined to
identify the store but said the attack was addressed within
minutes and caused no significant damage. The Selver supermarket
chain said one of its outlets was affected.
In Ireland, refrigeration systems in 13 SuperValu stores were
affected by the “cyber incident,” parent company Musgrave Group
said. A spokesperson said chilled and frozen products were
removed from sale as a precaution.
On Monday afternoon, the company said the incident had been
“fully resolved” and “replenishment of chilled and frozen ranges
in the affected stores is well under way.”
The cyberattacks in France appeared to target old systems.
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